Dedicated to its mission to inspire, equip and guide urban youth to live, Youth Development Center (YDC) provides a free of charge, after-school academic program for at-risk students in grades 1 through 6. Monday through Thursday during the academic year, YDC provides educational enrichment, including: results-oriented academic development with classrooms supervised by certified teachers; leadership training and character development based on Christian values; nutritious meals; transportation from selected campuses to YDC and home at the end of the day; field trip opportunities during the school year; and a summer enrichment program.

In July 2019, YDC built a new facility that will serve a much larger community of children in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward as well as expand their reach to help children in grades 1 to 8. Through its 13-year partnership with YDC, Spindletop has supported their unwavering commitment to the children they serve. Most recently, Spindletop, along with the Gaither family, pledged a multi-year gift to fund the Library and Playground. At the 2019 Site Visit, Spindletop Board members, Emerging Leaders and staff as well as member of the Gaither family were present for the official ribbon cutting of The Spindletop Library in memory of Orville and Margaret Gaither.

For more information: www.ydc.org.

Small Steps Nurturing Center’s (SSNC) mission is to provide an exemplary early childhood program to instill and foster the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth of economically at-risk children and their families. The program offers a free full day, high quality educational program. Families contribute back to Small Steps through volunteer hours through assisting with school projects, attending parent classes, and participating in parent-child events. Spindletop has supported such projects as a playground, a school van, play therapy equipment and the Spindletop Speech Therapy Room.

Shriners Hospital for Children provides immediate and long-term medical care to children with orthopaedic and complex-musculo-skeletal conditions, disorders and diseases, as well as intensive care for burn patients. Each year nearly 10,000 children pass through the doors of Shriners Hospital for Children. Children up to the age of 18 are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment at no financial obligation. Spindletop has supported Shriners Hospital Houston with their Movement Analysis Lab and Shriners Hospital Galveston with their critical burn unit and pediatric intensive care unit. In 2016, and in honor of Shriners’ 50^th Anniversary, Spindletop received a Donor Recognition Award.
For more information: www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org

The Council on Recovery helps individuals and families whose lives have been affected by alcoholism, drug addiction, and co-occurring mental health disorders. The Council on Recovery partners with schools, faith based organizations and other adolescent service providers in the Houston area to prevent and reduce substance abuse. By equipping youth with the knowledge, skills, resources and support they need to get and remain drug free and serve as a positive influence in the lives of their peers, the Council continues to make a much-needed impact on our youth.  Spindletop continues to support the Council’s clinical services for children and adolescents through the Kids Camp, a three-day prevention, support, and recovery program for children ages 7 to 12 from families who are or have struggled with substance abuse.

For more information: www.councilonrecovery.org